In World War II, Japanese forces landed on Guadalcanal expecting another fast victory—but the jungle delivered a brutal surprise. U.S. Marines defending Henderson Field used disciplined coordination, ...

The War in the Pacific was one of the most vicious fights seen in naval history. The United States and Japan clashed multiple times in the waterways, with thousands dead in the wake of each major ...

On a dark night with no moon and heavily overcast skies on Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was one of 11 cruisers and destroyers sailing in formation into the waters near the Solomon Islands in the ...

Staff Sgt. Stephon Smith carries what are believed to be the remains of a fallen Marine killed in 1942 during the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during a repatriation ceremony at Marine ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Marine has been honored for helping recover American troops’ remains from a World War II battlefield in the Solomon Islands. Staff Sgt. Stephon Smith, an explosive ordnance ...

When Bob Freeman thinks back on World War II, he remembers the Battle of Guadalcanal. He remembers the rain. The lack of food. The jungles full of Japanese soldiers. “The fighting was sporadic, but ...